The Brabant Ensemble & Stephen Rice - Brumel: Missa de beata virgine & Motets (2014)

Posted By: tirexiss

Date: Aug. 1, 2018

England's Brabant Ensemble specializes in sacred choral music of the middle 16th century, mostly from present-day Belgium and The Netherlands. Its name comes from the Duchy of Brabant, an incredibly fertile area of the Low Countries whose music was in demand among Italy's powerful families, shaped European music continent-wide, and was the primary component in what is thought of today as "Renaissance choral music." Yet despite all the emphasis in music history books on the music of this region, ensembles addressing the repertory specifically have been scarce. Conductor Stephen Rice, a freelance choral director and a scholar investigating the work of Nicolas Gombert, noted this neglect and founded the Brabant Ensemble in 1998. The ensemble cultivates a small-group sound, but has not sung with one voice per part; two is common. It is made up of adult men and women.
The group made its recording debut in 2004 with an album of music by the composer Clemens non Papa for the Signum label, but then moved to Hyperion and has remained with that label through a sequence of 16 recordings. A few have been of foreign composers influenced by the Netherlandish style, such as Cristóbal de Morales and, in a 2013 release, Palestrina. But other releases have involved music by figures hardly known even to Renaissance specialists beyond a few pieces. These have included Thomas Crecquillon, Pierre de Manchicourt, Dominique Phinot, and Pierre Moulu. Several of the Brabant Ensemble's albums have been nominated for Gramophone awards.
The Brabant Ensemble has toured widely, giving concerts in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, and Portugal, in addition to its musical home ground of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The Brabant Ensemble made its Wigmore Hall debut in 2016, a significant achievement for musicians who have made very specialized repertory come alive for general listeners. It has also begun to appear at festivals, including the Festival de Lanvellec et Trégor, in Brittany, France in 2017. – James Manheim

prestoclassical

Track List:

Antoine Brumel (c.1460-1512/3)

[1] Nato canunt omnia
[2] Beata es, Maria
[3] Lauda Sion salvatorem
[4] Ave caelorum domina
[5]-[9] Missa de beata virgine

Performers:
The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice, conductor

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